APO Stock — Apollo Global Management Inc.

Apollo Global Management Inc. (APO)

APO is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.70%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.73%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 72/100 (Generally safe). Total return is 1668.9% over the past 15.5 years, 1004.8 points ahead of SPY at 664.1%.

At the current 1.70% distribution rate, a $10,000 investment would generate approximately $170 per year, or about $42.50 per quarter if the next payment matches the last regular one.

Apollo Global Management is a private equity and alternative asset management firm that invests across credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries, and real estate markets, serving institutional and individual investors globally. The company distributes a modest current yield on a quarterly basis. It appeals to income investors seeking exposure to alternative investment management and private markets through an equity stake in the operating company.

APO performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-09-22.

Total return is 1668.9% over the past 15.5 years, 1004.8 points ahead of SPY at 664.1%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -12.3%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 34.0%.

APO key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

72 · Generally safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.22%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/30/2011

Distribution rate

1.70%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.73%

5-year average yield

2.04

Last close

$124.15 (as of 2026-09-22)

Market cap

$73,315,933,190

Average volume

3024351.0

Last dividend

$0.5625

Last ex-dividend date

08/19/2026

Last payment date

08/31/2026

Beta

1.514

Payout ratio

0.2572

P/E ratio

44.18

Forward P/E

12.0773

EPS

$2.81

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.70%) is the latest regular payout annualized by the fund's stated frequency, divided by the last close. Issuers often publish this as “Distribution Rate” on the fact sheet. Trailing-12-month yield (1.73%) is the sum of distributions paid in the last 12 months, split-adjusted, divided by the last close. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

APO risks and drawbacks

APO's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 34.0%.

Who may consider APO — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (APO pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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